Business & Professional Services
Deep Expertise
Business & Professional Services remains one of the most attractive areas for investors seeking resilient, asset-light models with recurring demand. The sector spans a diverse set of people- and process-led businesses, from consulting and legal services to procurement frameworks, outsourcing, and specialist technical services.
What unites the most successful platforms is the ability to deliver high-quality outcomes at scale, underpinned by strong brand equity, systematised workflows, and clear repeatability. Our work helps investors understand where the real levers of value sit: in differentiation, delivery model design, technology enablement, and customer stickiness.
What We Cover
Our Expertise
We work with investors and management teams to identify scalable BPS platforms with real competitive advantage:
Human Capital
Consulting & Advisory
Finance, Legal & Compliance
Marketing, Media & Comms
Outsourced & Intermediated Services
Procurement
Technical & Specialist Services
Deal Spotlight
Pagabo Group
We delivered Commercial Due Diligence to support LDC’s investment in Pagabo Group, a leading procurement and technology business serving public and private organisations across the built environment.
This was our second engagement with Pagabo, following our previous CDD for Maven at the point of its original investment, giving us a long-term view of the company’s evolution, performance, and competitive position.
What we did
We focused our analysis on the core questions investors face in a scaled procurement and digital services platform:
Quantified the Group’s addressable markets across procurement, construction management, and related digital workflows
Assessed Pagabo’s competitive positioning, differentiation, and technology-led strengths
Analysed customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion potential
Evaluated the sustainability of growth and the repeatability of the underlying revenue model
We’ve always had a strong relationship with GCS and were delighted to work alongside the team for the second time as they provided us with essential support in delivering commercial due diligence.
GCS's team has a strong understanding of our business, and their expertise in the digital technology space, as well as their analysis and insights of the market, were incredibly valuable during the whole process as we secured investment from LDC.”
Industry recognition
This transaction went on to win the 2024 Rainmaker Awards Yorkshire Private Equity Exit of the Year and was shortlisted for Insider Media’s 2024 Yorkshire Dealmaker Awards (Deal of the Year, £25m+).
